Affordable Housing
Policies & Procedures
Manual
Presentation By:
Peter Imhof, PER Director
Lucy Graham, Senior Housing Analyst
Goleta City Council
September 5, 2023
2 Project History
• 2020 – Council directed PER to create implementation manual • July 2023 – Provided comments on initial draft of Manual • Sept 2023 – Review revised draft, consider adoption
September 5, 2023 City Council Meeting
3 Purpose of the Manual
• Implement aff. housing goals/programs
• Ensure equity, consistency & transparency
• Help staff administer programs
• Provide certainty to developers/applicants
• Promote financial viability of projects
• Protect City interests in projects
September 5, 2023 City Council Meeting
4 Council Direction Received
• Local Preference Requirement – 2 edits
• Subletting BMR Units – 2 edits
September 5, 2023 City Council Meeting
5 Local Preference Requirement
• Rewording of employment criteria
• …who currently works, has been hired to work, or has a bona fide offer to work in the City of Goleta (defined here as owning or operating a business located within the City of Goleta, employment for wages or salary for an employer located within the City of Goleta, contract employment where the actual work is conducted within the City of Goleta, or commission work where the applicant's principal location from which they work is located within the City of Goleta, for an average of at least 20 hours per week) or who currently resides on the South Coast of Santa Barbara County (from the county line near Carpinteria to the tunnel at Gaviota).
September 5, 2023 City Council Meeting
6 Local Preference Requirement (cont’d)
• Longer application period for Re-Rentals
• …an initial application period of seven ten (710) business days must be reserved only for applicant households claiming to meet the applicable income requirements and Local Preference requirement.
September 5, 2023 City Council Meeting
7 Subletting in exigent circumstances
• Need to demonstrate hardship
• Rent for Ownership Unit:
• City’s max. rent for same size unit
• Rent for Bedroom in Ownership Units:
• 50% of City’s max. rent for 1-bed unit
• Need prior approval for good cause, limited to 12 mos.
September 5, 2023 City Council Meeting
8 Subletting in exigent circumstances (cont’d)
• Need to demonstrate hardship
• For Rental Units – more variables
• Ongoing income restrictions
• Leased and operated by non-City property manager
• Option: Request a waiver to sublet Unit for hardship
• Option: Add household member
• Add’l person must be on lease, Prop. mgr. approval req’d • Income of all adults included in gross income calc.
September 5, 2023 City Council Meeting
9 Staff Recommendation
1. Adopt Resolution entitled “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Goleta, California, Adopting the City of Goleta Affordable Housing Policies and Procedures Manual”
2. Direct staff to file a Notice of Exemption that this action is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
September 5, 2023 City Council Meeting
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12 Staff Recommendation
1. Adopt Resolution entitled “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Goleta, California, Adopting the City of Goleta Affordable Housing Policies and Procedures Manual”
2. Direct staff to file a Notice of Exemption that this action is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
September 5, 2023 City Council Meeting